eir unique manner of making apologies, ones that most often offend rather than heal. At one point Erin says to Ed, ôDid they teach you to apologize at lawyer school? æCause you sure suck at itö (Soderberg 2000). In contrast, Ed says to Erin at one point in the film, ôDo they teach beauty queens how to apologize? Because you suck at itö (Soderberg 2000)! We see this clearly exhibits the ontology of interpretive theory. As Miller (57) suggests, ôSuch concepts as roles, norms, and values are artificial creations, ways of classifying and making sense of social actions.ö
From an epistemological perspective, interpretivists attempt to acquire local understanding from specific social collectives or specific events. If reality is socially constructed, then the only way to achieve such understanding is from the actorÆs perspective. As Miller (58) notes, ôintrepretivists formulate interpretationsà
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